May 28, 2012
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Mark Taylor: Don't ban Pakistan, please
2 September 2010 / AP, SYDNEY
Former Australian cricket captain Mark Taylor said Wednesday suspending Pakistan from international cricket over alleged match fixing would be “too harsh.”
Taylor said it would be detrimental to cricket if an entire nation was banned because of the conduct of individuals. British newspaper The News of the World reported Sunday that Pakistan's bowlers were paid to deliberately bowl no-balls last Thursday's opening day of the fourth test against England at Lord's. Captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal were implicated in the story. Asif, Amir and Butt had their mobile phones confiscated by police, who also searched hotel rooms and questioned players late Saturday as part of an investigation also involving the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit. Asked about whether Pakistan should be banned if the allegations prove true, Taylor said he “didn't agree with that, I think it's too harsh a penalty for one nation.”
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